AthleticsAthletics world record
2000 m, men
4 min 43.13 s
- Holder
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen
- Date
- Place
- Brussels
- Standing since
- 2023 (3 years)
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How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 4 min 43.13 s | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | |
| 4 min 44.79 s | Hicham El Guerrouj | |
| 4 min 50.81 s | Saïd Aouita | |
| 4 min 51.52 s | John Walker | |
| 4 min 56.2 s | Michel Jazy | |
| 5 min 02.2 s | István Rózsavölgyi | |
| 5 min 07.0 s | Gaston Reiff | |
| 5 min 16.8 s | Archie San Romani | |
| 5 min 23.4 s | Eino Borg | |
| 5 min 30.4 s | John Zander |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 4 min 43.13 sJakob Ingebrigtsen
- 4 min 51.52 sJohn Walker
- 5 min 30.4 sJohn Zander
- 5 min 07.0 sGaston Reiff
What to remember
Five laps of an outdoor track, 11.68 m short of a mile and a quarter: the 2000 m is run at neither the Olympics nor the World Championships, yet World Athletics ratifies its records. On September 8, 2023, at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran it in 4 min 43.13 s, an average of 25.43 km/h.
Seldom on meeting programmes, the distance leaves more room for record attempts, and its records span more than a century. In 1918 John Zander ran 5 min 30.4 s. By 1966 Michel Jazy was at 4 min 56.2 s; in 1999 Hicham El Guerrouj got down to 4 min 44.79 s. Over the 105 years between the 1918 mark and the 2023 one, the time dropped by 14.3%.
Ingebrigtsen won Olympic gold over 1500 m in Tokyo and over 5000 m in Paris, and the world 5000 m title twice, in 2022 in Eugene and in 2023 in Budapest. He also broke the 3000 m world record. On the women's side, Australia's Jessica Hull ran the 2000 m in 5:19.70 in 2024.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in athletics” (revision used 1378411308). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, Photo licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Remove this photo.
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